We provide higher education organisations and trade media with strategic advice and first-class native-English editorial to support their storytelling.
Journalism
Among recent stories for University World News:
- International students down for first time in 10 years in the UK
- MEPs and European Council oppose research super competitiveness fund
- How global universities can survive government policy backlashes in the face of rising anti-immigration sentiments
- Why Britain’s PM said ‘no’ to joining EU youth mobility scheme
- 14 new alliances boost European Strategy for Universities
- University head calls for university tuition fee shake-up
Communications
During 2023-25, De la Cour Communications provided editorial advice, together with proof-reading and copy writing & editing services, to the UK International Higher Education Commission (IHEC) on a consultancy basis. This included IHEC’s final report ‘Towards a future UK International Higher Education Strategy: Resilience, Purpose and Precision‘ published in April 2025.
Previous clients have included Education Insight in the UK; Charles University in Prague; and Oslo Met University in Norway as well as writing reports on universities in Australia, the US and Russia for Times Higher Education special supplements.
Blogs
Blogs have looked at whether Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer can find the time to fix UK higher education, to considering how long the apparent charm offensive between China and the UK might last, to why Crimea matters so much to Putin in his war with Ukraine.
My health blogs have told what it is like to find out you’ve got heart failure to a more light-hearted piece about just how hard can it be to give up alcohol?
For the European higher education PR and comms network, EUPRIO, my reports have ranged from their Research Matters campaign aimed at influencing European policymakers to looking at the communication challenges of reopening campuses after the Covid-19 virus to why universities need closer collaboration between PR & marketing and international offices.
Awards
Nic won the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Outstanding Higher Education Journalism Award for his report for BBC news online on the East-West European brain drain after Lithuania joined the EU in the years following the break-up of the USSR.
So, if you work in higher education communications and need our help, get in touch with Nic Mitchell.
Email: Nic Mitchell at De la Cour Communications